Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-11

tak&a place, tbs a1szais narfieias 81 Va.
- Constituting the cloud b. tie Law
= askE.etion ruah fogaEheE. forming
drops Of rain.
When the elouds are pnshed rp hixk
sS,lg4&n ~ the rushing upward q he
nBat bot ar, e reachea an intensely
coid afmosphera, where the ANAL paf-
Lletes which form tie elouds are frsI1en
nrat into snow, tie crTstala Of which
60 - seen - the AL. This snow.
e9lnE attracted soe<ther Ito aakes,
eoumencea Is desees.l. kafI cou1ine q,
soAl4cs with The moAf clonds below.
The lake e .snar g ~ss 80 fhen fro.
zen into &c, IA Which rhsue Il faIls "a
The earth.
u any oas has besn a close observer
49, summer and this, they have no
.lSsas when Clouds appear indicating
AN that they apparently stand still
1ne &c not rush forward over bill ana
vales q - Usually zhe ease II ordinary
seesoMe o. rniu. There Il No com-
mingLing Of hot and cold cuFronts o.
ar p cause eommogion or disturbance
N NE elements. The atmosphere IN
Iowa: ~ the heat 81 the sun, ne In
tensely heated earth, and By she CON
tinuous southwestern winds coming
from the arid plains u New Mexico.
Arizona and the Colorado desert, are
evidently the cause Of our continuous
droulh instead Of the draining Of our
sioughs and ponds. Frequently dur
ing TIE hot days q this SUMMER clouds
would appear which weFe evidently
pregnant with rain when watched.
IL would be seen that these clouds
would slowly float away and disappear.
This was caused By striking warmer
currents which could hold more nlois-
ture, and thus deprive the earth of It's
much desired shower.
This subject - an interesting one,
and we make he ioreeoing SUGGESTIONS
TO awaken the minds e some Of our
readers 70 further investigations. But
when we state cur own ideas, there are
80 many incompfehensihie Conditions
and results that We feel sensibly how
little We know Of the economy Of Him
who rides upon the clouds and directs
the storm.
wHrTNKY's LITTER.
In another colunn q this paper we
print q letter from NJ. n. Z. Whitney,
drawn out By q letter Of Inquiry adj
dressed % him from this Office. This
year, on the creamery farm. the oats
smutted in spite of vitriOling" the
seed. Any one would say that was
\ crack hay crop this side the slough, /"
Oi three hundred tons OF seventy acres,
70 chick On ne ground that the ted
der could not set through it," and
= had TO keep tNo men with forks 70
,lear out road 50 mower could get
Il was no loss 10 the quality TO be
driven into caring the hay in the cock,
although there may Be- some increased
abor; neither was there loss for " COW
hay, !" or. for that matter. for any other
use. TO cut L tthe tinothy) quite
green. not yet in blossom. except the
asst cut"
Mr.. Whitney hes set . good example
n writing Of his failurss As well a. Of
his successes. ard welook with interest
or TIE report from the man that had
be couFagt og his conyiction, 70 de-
horn his herd 10 the face Of . mistaken
sentimental feeling prevailing against
he practice. We welcome all such
stlers Of experiences from farmers, and
would like 70 hear from The next, who
psFchance may have had 9 poorer oat
md better hay crop than Mr. Whit /
hey.
wUrxn wBKAT.
J. G. Bafnaby. Of eDohomlsh, w. T..
writes; awiH you tell me Il winter
Eheat win do well in Western WASH
ngton, and whore can / get the seed
md what kind Is best TO SOW and what |
lime 10 SOW it7" 1t is just thirty years |
'ince We sowed winter wheat in West
Urn Washington, and would hardly be |
from experience to answer |
bur correspondent. II TO do well
Is meant TO grow and yield well. we say |
yes; II TO grow wheat for milling, no,
not in the valley lands. Asa rule the
moisture l. too great to harden the
grain well. We wlil SOW thirty acres |
IN October for ensnsge, hay and fatten-
ng hogs next year, but not any will be |
ihreshed or ground win some Of our
Island wheat growers, or any
one else having experience, answer
.hese questions, not alone for this cor
benefit, but for that like
wise Of other readers Of the Posi-
BOOK NOTICE.
We are in receipt Of . splendid copy
II " Todd's Country Homes" by Ser
mo Edwards Todd, from Messrs. Da-
ries 4 Co, booksellers, Seattle. This
5 what might be termed q general pur-
pose book Of the farm. also embracing
rural architecture, = practical book
BY a practical man." As expressed on
he title page. and verified by the read
ne. The author has that feliciteus
,tyle that makes light and interesting
reading Of grave and ordinarily dry
iopics. and at once arrests the atten-
ion and commands the respect Of the
most casual reader.
sILos AND ENsILAGK-
BY the sime this writing win appear
ln print, We WI Be liIling the $40 q
the creamery Some Of the corn Is
nov eight feet high. some not over
four. The former is the large Southern
transparent grain, late kind that
Crews very large. II was mistake No.
1, the buying that seed. although there
has been eighteen hundred carloads Of
il sold this year by one firm TO raise
corn for the silo. The little sweet corn
or any early variety IS better for this
climate. OF one kind the whole stock
is sweet and juicy. while the other is
tauielcss Better SUI, doubtless, tue
oats now growing and nearly ready
Just eoIng out Of the milk and into the
doOgh--ef which there are twenty
acres; better vet wonld be dover. bad